Mount Fuji, Japan
Many of the places I have traveled have been last-minute changes in plan or just following a whim. But another friend recently reminded me I am older than dirt and if I have places I want to go, I better make plans. So I made a list:
- Japan: I have been fascinated with Japanese history and culture for most of my life, but never traveled to this beautiful country. Top of my list.
- Chile: I was there for two weeks in March this year, but only in the north. I want to go back and see Tierra del Fuego, the Andes and Patagonia.
- Finland: In 2014, I wanted to ride from Odessa to Finland along the 2000-kilometer route my grandfather walked in 1914 to escape the Russian army. I would like to see the border areas and Helsinki maybe also the arctic circle in Finland.
- Ukraine: I want to go to Kiev and Odessa. More than anything, I want victory for Ukraine.
- Israel: I visited Israel in 2017, 2019 and 2020. I was planning to goback with my friend Cliff and clear rubble in the north. The trip did not work out this year. Maybe next year.
- Thailand: I was almost assigned there in 1973 in the US Air Force, but the war in Vietnam ended and fewer troops went to Southeast Asia.
- Rwanda: I had tickets to go there and ride the first week in March 2020. I was in Europe and decided not to go to Africa with Covid spreading fast.
- Poland: I rode across southern Poland in 2017. I would like to see Warsaw, Gdansk, and the Baltic coast.
- South Africa: So much naval history around this huge country when all trade to east Asia had to pass around the southern end of this huge continent.
- Nepal: I have never been to south Asia, anywhere between the Persian Gulf and Malaysia. I want to visit Katmandu and the lower Himalayas.
I could add a lot more. Likely I will go other places as I have opportunities. I love travel.
